SPOUSAL SUPPORT AND PERCEIVED RESPONSIVENESS IN THE LINK BETWEEN DAILY RUMINATION AND SLEEP: FINDINGS FROM THE NSDE

Abstract The Cognitive Model of Insomnia suggests that increased cognitive arousal may negatively influence sleep. Prior work has supported this theory, indicating that both negative affect and rumination may be negatively related to sleep. However, recent empirical evidence suggests that social support may buffer this impact. Yet, much of the current literature focuses on rumination as a trait characteristic. We set out to investigate both between and within-person rumination and its relation to sleep and negative affect. We also tested whether support, both perceived and received, may buffer the relation between rumination and outcome variables. The sample consisted of partnered participants (n=612, Mage= 62, SD=9.73) from the National Study of Daily Experiences in the MIDUS project. Participants reported daily levels of sleep, rumination, negative affect, and received support; as well as perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) and depressive symptoms at baseline. In multilevel models that controlled for sex, age, race, education, and depressive symptoms and included random person-level intercepts, a significant interaction arose between daily rumination and PPR on daily negative affect (b = -0.0061, SE = 0.0021, p = .004), such that participants reporting higher PPR reported a weaker association between daily rumination and negative affect. Trait or daily received support was not a significant moderator of any outcome and PPR did not significantly moderate the relation between rumination and sleep. These findings further add to our understanding of the distinctions in type of support from a partner. Moreover, this suggests that knowing support is available may buffer distress from rumination.

fosters disadvantages in health.However, little research has investigated how social support and social strain develop over the life course.The growth mixture model (GMM) and four waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were used to identify group-based trajectories of perceived social support and social strain from four categories of social connections: spouse, children, family, and friends.Ordinal logistic regression was employed to examine the degree of exposure to social support and social strain and their effects on physical and psychological health among older populations in the U.S. Four classes of support trajectories involving children, family, and friends, three classes of spousal support trajectories, four classes of strain trajectories involving spouses, children, and friends, and two classes of friend strain trajectories were identified.The majority of older adults have experienced stable high social support and low social strain from four categories of social connections.As an emotionally closer tie, the perceived social support and social strain from spouses are highest among the four categories.Friends provide the second highest social support, while they are the lowest in terms of social strain as a weaker tie.People perceived stable high social support, and low social strain have better psychological health compared to other groups.The findings revealed the social support and strain patterns of different social connections and related health consequences.

SOCIALLY ACTIVE OR ISOLATED? OLDER COMMUNITY-DWELLING ITALIANS' EXPERIENCES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Anne Barrett 1 , Eliana Fattorini 2 , and Monica Consolandi 3 , 1.Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 2. University of Trento,Trento,Italy,3. Bruno Kessler Foundation,Trento,Italy Media coverage of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized their experiences of social isolation -a risk that pre-dated the pandemic but was magnified by it.A focus on older adults' pandemic-induced isolation also is evident in gerontological research.This depiction, however, may not capture the complexity of older adults' experiences during the pandemic.Our study examined this topic using semi-structured interviews that were conducted with participants in a senior center in a mid-sized northern Italian city in May 2022 (n=23).Our analysis revealed that the pandemic had some negative effects on older adults' social relationships; however, it also identified strategies that older adults used to maintain and even enhance their connections with others.Participants described reduced in-person interaction with family and friends, stemming from less daily interaction and the cancellation of family gatherings.They compensated for these losses, to some degree, with regular phone and video calls.Participants also described permanently strained relationships with family members and friends, often the result of differing views of COVID-19 vaccines.The pandemic's challenges, however, enhanced other social relationships through exchanges of moral and practical support.In contrast with the frequent depiction of older adults' isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, our data reveal strategies that allowed them to remain socially engaged and active in their communities.

SPOUSAL SUPPORT AND PERCEIVED RESPONSIVENESS IN THE LINK BETWEEN DAILY RUMINATION AND SLEEP: FINDINGS FROM THE NSDE Sam Molli, and Stephanie Wilson, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States
The Cognitive Model of Insomnia suggests that increased cognitive arousal may negatively influence sleep.Prior work has supported this theory, indicating that both negative affect and rumination may be negatively related to sleep.However, recent empirical evidence suggests that social support may buffer this impact.Yet, much of the current literature focuses on rumination as a trait characteristic.We set out to investigate both between and within-person rumination and its relation to sleep and negative affect.We also tested whether support, both perceived and received, may buffer the relation between rumination and outcome variables.The sample consisted of partnered participants (n=612, Mage= 62, SD=9.73) from the National Study of Daily Experiences in the MIDUS project.Participants reported daily levels of sleep, rumination, negative affect, and received support; as well as perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) and depressive symptoms at baseline.In multilevel models that controlled for sex, age, race, education, and depressive symptoms and included random person-level intercepts, a significant interaction arose between daily rumination and PPR on daily negative affect (b = -0.0061,SE = 0.0021, p = .004),such that participants reporting higher PPR reported a weaker association between daily rumination and negative affect.Trait or daily received support was not a significant moderator of any outcome and PPR did not significantly moderate the relation between rumination and sleep.These findings further add to our understanding of the distinctions in type of support from a partner.Moreover, this suggests that knowing support is available may buffer distress from rumination.
Abstract citation ID: igad104.2199With the rise in life expectancy, the phenomenon of singlehood has also increased.However, most studies group unmarried individuals together (i.e., divorced, separated, widowed, never-married), and less is known about lifelong singlehood.This study aims to understand gender and nevermarried/married status differences in cognition, difficulty in activities of daily living (ADLs), and survival rates.Using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) of older adults 69 years and older, we conducted longitudinal analyses of health from waves 2-5 and a survival analysis with waves 2-14.The nevermarried group (n=243) had a higher proportion of racial/ethnic minorities and women than the married group (n=7328) at baseline.Survivorship trajectories by marital group were significantly different: χ2(1) =13.26, p < .001,such that married persons had a better chance of survival than never-married persons.We found significant gender differences in physical activities of daily living (PADLs, F=6.75, p<.001) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs, F=9.03, p<.001), indicating that women had greater functional difficulty than men.Regarding marital status, never-married persons had significantly more difficulty in ADLs than married persons only in waves 4 (F=10.22,p<.01) and 5 (F=4.66,p<.05).No cognition differences were found by gender or marital status.Consistent with prior work, these findings demonstrate the protective effect of marriage on mortality, though IADLdifficulty and cognition did not differ.This study will add to the sparse literature on lifelong singlehood.Future studies should consider other relevant covariates, like social network and personality, to inform tailored health interventions and policies for this subpopulation.

STAYING SINGLE INTO VERY LATE LIFE: LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF NEVER-MARRIED ADULTS
Abstract citation ID: igad104.2200

THE EFFECT OF ENACTED AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT ON THE WELL-BEING OF KOREAN OLDER ADULTS BY GENDER
Meeryoung Kim, Daegu University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Social support is important for the well-being of older adults.However, different kinds of social support have different effects on well-being.This study investigated enacted social support which is "the actual use of social support," and perceived social support, in which people think they can get help when they need it.In short, enacted social support is action-oriented.Perceived social support is experienceoriented.For the effects, we looked at whether there were gender differences in the well-being of older adults.This study used the seventh additional wave (2018) and eighth wave (2019) of the Korean Retirement and Income Study.The subjects of this study were 60 and older.The sample size of this study is 4,338.Multiple regressions were used for data analysis.Demographic variables were controlled.This study used enacted social support and perceived social support as independent variables.Health and life satisfaction were used as well-being variables.Research shows that enacted emotional support is important for health.However, perceived emotional support is only significant for men, and perceived instrumental support is only important for women.All kinds of social support affected older women's life satisfaction.For men, however, instrumental support did not affect life satisfaction.These findings imply that emotional support, whether enacted or perceived, is important for the health of older adults.Except enacted instrumental support, every support was significant for older adults regarding life satisfaction.Therefore, when providing social support, it is important to consider what type of support is effective for each gender.